51³Ō¹Ļ

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barococo

[bar-uh-koh-koh]

adjective

  1. excessively ornate or fussy in artistic or architectural style.



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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of barococo1

First recorded in 1925–30; ba(roque) + rococo
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The dandies and dauphins of the 1 percent prance to 59E59 Theaters for Happenstance Theater’s ā€œBarococo,ā€ A satire of upper-class privilege zhuzhed up into an often absurd comedy of manners, ā€œBarococoā€ has fun and laughs, but doesn’t always have the glamour you’d expect from this exaggerated snapshot of genteel life.

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So the surprise of ā€œBarococoā€ is how it actually resembles Sartre’s ā€œNo Exit,ā€ or, more fittingly, Luis BuƱuel’s surrealist film ā€œThe Exterminating Angel,ā€ which was recently adapted into an opera.

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There is plenty of delicious humor to chew on at ā€œBarococo.ā€

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She layered draped jersey camisoles with Medusa-decorated straps over undone shirts over skinny knits over lace-trimmed slips in barococo print, and mixed them up with fun furs; paired plaid tweed and black leather harness tops and lace tights.

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The fifth Fringe Curated show is ā€œBarococoā€ from D.C.’s genial movement company Happenstance Theatre.

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